Food recall

Sprouts Unlimited Inc recall: Clover sprouts packaged in 4 oz packages, Sprouts Unlimited, Inc

Sprouts Unlimited Inc, of Marion, IA, recalled Clover sprouts packaged in 4 oz packages, Sprouts Unlimited, Inc. The FDA's reason: “The firm's sprout products are linked to an outbreak of E. coli O103 illness in Iowa.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 24, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 12, 2020. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

E. coli

Status

Terminated

Closed February 25, 2020

The recall

Company
Sprouts Unlimited Inc (Marion, IA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The firm's sprout products are linked to an outbreak of E. coli O103 illness in Iowa.”
Where it was sold
Distributed to restaurants and grocery stores in Iowa.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
84573

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0680-2020 Class I

    Clover sprouts packaged in 4 oz packages, Sprouts Unlimited, Inc. Marion, IA

    Codes: pack date 12/23/2019 and prior

    Quantity: 979 packages

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of February 12, 2020.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.